Shackle-rod connector.



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No. 760,621. k V PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

i El Al I SHAOKLE ROD CONNECTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 29 1903.

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' Patented May 24, 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of iii letters Patent I IQ. 760,621; dated May 24, 1904.

Application and AprilZtl, 1903. Serial is; 154,826. (ll'oniodeh) .To al'li whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A, GUY, e c-itizen of the United States, residing atFindlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Irn provementsin Shackle-Bod Connectors, of":

Y 'which the following'is a specification. r

l i' 'vtive power with long lines-of shackle--rods My invention relates to certain new and usefnl improvements in shackle-rod connectors, and has for its ob3ect to provides device of positively prevented'and a strong tight joint 31 produced. In oil-well pumping especially,. where disintent pumps are operated from a central mo constituting the mediumfo r-ithe transmission ;of power, a strongand' tight means for conlinecting ,the abutting ends. of adjoining rods is inecessary. Such a coupling means is required i'pfu ll apart without weakening the rods Fthern- 5 selves-and Without permitting the least play iil fthe joint which would result in wear. It

therefore been my object to accomplish ool-responding me hers havinga pair of 3 Mining elampinge ckets, each provided with a double convex surface to form inner and outer shoulders tohold between "them the bulbous ends of the shachlewodsandtiglitly clampthe same, the said members being bolti 35 ed together'along the line of meeting of; the,

isheclrle-rod ends. I

3 With the above and other objects in view ,imy invention further consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts 4 to be herein described, and set forthin the 5 45 same parts inthe several views, Figure 1' is an elevation of s connector made in accordance" w th myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan I this kind with such a construction that slipping of thefshackle-rods in the connector and y the consequent wear and weakening will be} s,;vtolresist the strong tendency of the rods to eresults by forming a connector of two Patent, 'is'i y a 1. A shackle rod connector comprising a pair of members having alining clampingsockets with innerand'outer shoulders to bear on opposite ends of an enlargement on the end? of each of the shackle-rods, and bolts connect? ing 'the' two members and located in slice view of one member thereofiand Fig. 3'is a rods, having their ends-upset into. enlarge-- ments 'or'bulbous heads-2. The duplicate members S'ohthe connector are formed with twoalining clemping sockets, each having outer shoulders,said convex surfaces merging into tubular sleeves ,6; The --bul'bous heads 2 are held within theclamping-sockets 4;; with e'bearing'oneach' of the two shoulders 5 thereof, and the bolts'7, passing through openings S'in'alinment'with the meeting ends 1 oi -the shackle-rods, whentightened securely clamp the bulbous-heads of the shackle-rods in the clamping-sockets, said clamping-sockeach'other'. In this manner each of the shackle-rods is rigidly clamped to the conneotor without any-play or .loose moveplan view of one member of the)- connector with the shackle-rods in place; I r g In the drawingsQ-l represents the shackledouble convex-surfaces 5, forming inner and.

ets being of such depth that the faces of the two members will not come into contact with ment, and. the location of the bolts 7 along the line ofmeeting of-the rod ends serves to divide the clamping pressure equally between the two clamping-sockets. I

Having fully described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by'Letters' melnt with the-joint between the shackle-rod encs.

2. In a deviceof the character pair of members having alining clampingsockets eachwith double convex surfaces, tubular sleeves merging therefrom, a; pair of shackle-rods provided with enlarged ends seat- 1 ed in the clamping-sockets and bearing on the inner and outer shoulders formed by the double convex'surfaces, and'mcans for pressmg the members together. v.

described; a

- wet est In a devioe'of the charset descsibed, a members von opposite sides of the rod ends and pair of' members having 01am each with double convex sleeves'merging therefrom, s p;

Swods havingenlarged bulbule,

the damping-sockets and beinon the inj Witnesses: ner and outer shoulders formed the double WILLIAM L. DAVID, convex surfaces. and bolts Meeting the T. GLEN CARPENTER.

mg-sockets in alinement with the abutting ends thereof. I 43b5, tubular In testimony whereof I affix my signature in v of shacklepresence of two witnesses.

ds'seated in EDWARD A. GUY.

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